green cars, green travel and smart spending
Political turmoil, blizzards and snowstorms that shut down airports in winter, hurricanes that shut down airports in summer and fall, computer outages, an injury or family emergency that prevents you from taking the trip you paid for, and more. These are all reasons to have travel insurance. The headline-making news of the grounding of all
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Scam alert: You might not have started working on your 2018 Income Tax returns yet, but identity thieves are already hard at work phishing for your tax refund. Identity theft scammers stole more than $5.2 Billion in Tax ID thefts in a recent year, according to the Federal Trade Commission, which reports that it’s the
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Scam Alert. Unfortunately, many cars and trucks flooded in hurricanes and other deep water disasters wind up for sale by unscrupulous dealers to unsuspecting customers. Here’s how to avoid getting soaked by buying a vehicle that is – simply – dangerous to drive. Electronics, including computer chips, hate water. Modern vehicles are heavy on electronics,
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Scam alert: You’ve heard the catchy jingle on radio and TV hundreds of times. But Kars4Kids may not be what it seems. The car donation charity has been accused repeatedly of misleading donors and misuse of funds. If you are considering donating Old Breakdown to a charity, to get a tax donation, research that charity
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Scam Alert: Avoid a romance scam that will break your heart this Valentine’s Day, even steal your life savings. Scammers and fraudsters know that online dating websites see a surge in sign-ups between New Year’s Day and Valentine’s Day, and the bad guys are busy trolling for lonely men and women, especially seniors living alone.
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The stats are in, and here are the most popular ecoXplorer posts of 2018. You are a smart group of followers who want to avoid being ripped-off, since most of the top posts are our “scam alert” advisories. And an eclectic bunch, since other top posts ranged from endangered animals to a kitschy stretch limousine.
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The newest email scam is the one that says “check your order”, “your order status” or something similar, from businesses you are likely to shop, including Walmart, Costco, Target and Walgreens, and also from FedEx and NetFlix. I’ve gotten fraudulent emails from those scam senders in recent weeks, and maybe you have, too. The scam
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‘Tis the season to be jolly, and also to be victimized by holiday scams. Most scams are year-round, but the bad guys get especially busy around the holidays because they think we are more trusting of something that sounds too good to be true. Avoid these holiday scams. Cyber security tips for holiday shopping Check
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Don’t assume that Black Friday deals offer the best prices on everything. What was once a one day bonanza of shopping deals the day after Thanksgiving has turned into a month-long frenzy of online and in-store discounts throughout November. So you can get great deals without fighting the crowds on Black Friday. Some prices drop
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Your smart TV is smarter than you are. While you are watching it, or playing games on it, it is watching you, and feeding that information to advertisers and other data mining companies. The smart TV privacy issue is similar to the recent Facebook scandal about user information being shared without our knowledge to a
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